‘The Great British Baking Show’ Host Alison Hammond Gets the Ick Over This Classic Ingredient: “Do You Want Me To Vomit All Over Your Bake?”

The Great British Baking Show “Meringue Week” showed us a side of host Alison Hammond that we’ve never seen on the Netflix show before. Instead of being her usual, ebullient, encouraging, silly self, Alison got visibly grossed out when she found out what classic ingredient two of the bakers were using for their meringue pies. Even more (hilariously) odd? Alison took her ire to her typically sunny voiceover narration.

**Spoilers for The Great British Baking Show “Meringue Week,” now streaming on Netflix**

What could cause the people’s princess of love and light and levity to lose it? None other than the humble rhubarb! Let’s dig into it…

For the first time ever, The Great British Baking Show asked the bakers to compete in a “Meringue Week.” The six remaining contestants could whip up Italian, Swiss, or French meringue in their Signature and Showstopper Challengers, but they had to nail that meringue.

To hedge his changes, Northern Irish baker Iain Ross decided to add a “lucky” ingredient to his Signature Challenge recipe.

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“Since Season 1, anyone who has used rhubarb hasn’t gone home and this has stayed true for fifteen seasons,” Iain said, chopping up the raspberry-tinted stalks. “‘Cause they love rhubarb!”

Of course, when Iain said, “They love rhubarb,” he was referring to judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. Alison Hammond, on the other hand, soon revealed to Iain and the whole wide world that she loathed the veg.

“You’re not doing rhubarb, are you?” Alison asked, standing next to Iain. There was actual panic on her face.

“Yeah!” Iain replied.

Alison began comically looking around in fear. “What kind of tent is this?”

“Do you not like rhubarb?” Iain asked.

“Noooo!” Alison said.

Iain rolled with it and asked if she wanted to try some of his. Naturally, she refused. “Do you want me to vomit all over your bake?”

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Lest you think this was yet another one of Alison’s funny bits in the tent, her typically sober voiceover kept the disgust going.

“Iain’s not the only one opting for my least favorite filling,” Alison’s voice said in a tone that could only be accompanied by a sneer. As it turned out, Tom Arden was also using rhubarb.

While Alison didn’t confront Tom about this choice, the 31-year-old Londoner did get heat from Prue over another one of his recipe’s components. As soon as Dame Prue Leith learned that Tom was planning on blow-torching and not baking his meringue, she expressed how little she liked that method. Tom misinterpreted her note and took it easy on the torch, making the meringue ooey and gooey and exactly not to Prue’s taste.

Ultimately, Iain’s research into the rhubarb proved correct. Both Tom and Iain were spared from elimination this week. Toby Littlewood took home his first Star Baker honor, while Lesley Holloway was sent home.

Alison Hammond has yet to comment on whether or not her own personal vendetta against rhubarb has relaxed since Iain’s hypothesis — that rhubarb is lucky in the Bake Off tent — has been proven correct.